According to founder and president Valerie Mathieu, “100 percent of the proceeds go to provide wheelchairs for handicapped children in the USA.”

Mathieu took donations each day at the storage units on Southern Boulevard, which was then owned by Security Self Storage.

She and her volunteers also packaged the caps and shipped them out, often working five days a week.

Mathieu said they have recycled 153 tons of caps so far, and donated 37 wheelchairs to children, most of them in Florida.

“Anything to make their already-challenging lives better,” said Mathieu.

Recently, the property was purchased by Royal Palm Storage, LLC., and is managed as a third party by Extra Space Storage.

Mathieu said her new lease does not allow her to operate as a business from the units, nor loiter in the storage space.

“We wish Caps of Love the best with this wonderful cause. Unfortunately, the lease agreement precludes certain activities engaged in by the charity, so we have worked with the organization to provide them time to find a new location,” said Extra Space Storage spokesman Jeff Norman.

Mathieu said she has to find a new location by July 31, and also said several other charities, who were operating out of the building, must find new locations, too.

“I’m feeling a lot of pressure, but I'm staying positive and hoping the community will support us,” said Mathieu.

She said they need an indoor warehouse with a door big enough to fit the 8-foot pallets on which they put the caps.

WPBF 25 News placed a call to Extra Space Storage headquarters, but has not yet received a response.